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Martha Mansfield
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Martha Mansfield
Known For
Acting
Birthday
1899-07-13,New York City, New York, USA
Gender
Female
Biography
From Wikipedia Martha Mansfield (July 14, 1899 – November 30, 1923) was an American actress in silent films and vaudeville stage plays. She was born Martha Ehrlich in New York City to Maurice and Harriett Gibson Ehrlich. She had a younger sister, Edith, born in 1905. Although many biographies state that Martha was born in Mansfield, Ohio, her birth record and death certificate both have New York City as her place of birth. Her mother, Harriet, was from Mansfield, Ohio, having emigrated there from Ireland in 1885. Martha later adopted the name of the town as her stage name. Her first Hollywood movie was Civilian Clothes (1920) directed by Hugh Ford. She gained prominence as Millicent Carew in the film adaptation of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, which starred John Barrymore. She then signed with Selznick Pictures where she was cast with Eugene O'Brien in The Perfect Lover (1919). In 1921, Mansfield returned to the stage in a vaudeville tour. She appeared in two independent films the following year: Queen of the Moulin Rouge and Till We Meet Again. She spent the remainder of the year touring the vaudeville circuit. In 1923, Mansfield completed her contract for Selznick and signed with Fox Film Corporation. Her first film for Fox was The Silent Command, starring Edmund Lowe and Béla Lugosi. The final completed features in her short film career were Potash and Permutter and The Leavenworth Case, both from 1923. On November 29, 1923, while working on location in San Antonio, Texas on the film The Warrens of Virginia, Mansfield was severely burned when a tossed match ignited her Civil War costume of hoop skirts and flimsy ruffles. Mansfield was playing the role of Agatha Warren and had just finished her scenes and retired to a car when her clothing burst into flames. Her neck and face were saved when leading man Wilfred Lytell threw his heavy overcoat over her. The chauffeur of Mansfield's car was burned badly on his hands while trying to remove the burning clothing from the actress. The fire was put out, but she sustained substantial burns to her body. She was rushed to a hospital where she died less than twenty-four hours later of "burns of all extremities, general toxemia and suppression of urine". Mansfield was 24 years old. Accompanied by actor Phillip Shorey, Mansfield's body was transported back to her home in New York City. She was interred at the Woodlawn Cemetery in The Bronx.

Filmography

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde

6.8

Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde
1920-03-18

5

Mothers of Men
1920-03-10

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Society Snobs
1921-02-20

4.8

Max in a Taxi
1917-04-23

Max Wants a Divorce

4.9

Max Wants a Divorce
1917-03-26

Potash and Perlmutter

0

Potash and Perlmutter
1923-09-10

The Wonderful Chance

5.4

The Wonderful Chance
1920-09-27

The Silent Command

5

The Silent Command
1923-08-18

His Brother's Keeper

0

His Brother's Keeper
1921-02-14

Queen of the Moulin Rouge

0

Queen of the Moulin Rouge
1922-09-10

0

Fog Bound
1923-05-27

0

The Last Door
1921-05-10

Is Money Everything?

6

Is Money Everything?
1923-02-01

Max Comes Across

0

Max Comes Across
1917-02-18

The Warrens of Virginia

0

The Warrens of Virginia
1924-10-12

Civilian Clothes

0

Civilian Clothes
1920-09-05

0

Broadway Bill
1918-02-11

The Spoiled Girl

0

The Spoiled Girl
1918-05-22

The Perfect Lover

0

The Perfect Lover
1919-09-20

Should a Husband Forgive?

0

Should a Husband Forgive?
1919-11-01

0

Women Men Love
1921-01-09

0

Gilded Lies
1921-03-04

0

A Man of Stone
1921-11-10

Till We Meet Again

0

Till We Meet Again
1922-10-15

The Woman in Chains

0

The Woman in Chains
1923-02-20

Youthful Cheaters

0

Youthful Cheaters
1923-05-06

The Little Red Schoolhouse

0

The Little Red Schoolhouse
1923-05-10

The Leavenworth Case

0

The Leavenworth Case
1923-11-04

The Hand Invisible

0

The Hand Invisible
1919-03-17